Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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- '- I MAQHATTANITE V ,J Y N :Q 'lrnacek 11928 29 if K air 1' it ARTHUR W. SMITH PETER WATERS LAszLo F. MANCZ Manager Coach Captain severely hurt it played City College of New York to a bitter finish but to no avail for we again met defeat. 'Twas a bitter game and a heart breaking score-for isn't 25-1-L close? Just a minute, I'll call back some of the thrills and some of p N 1' I I 4 at the heartbreaks. l ' The day was cold and a bitter wind huddled the many girls closer to their boy friends. About fifteen thousand people shivered while awaiting the opposing elevens ' to take the field. After the crowd had yelled itself hoarse, while the teams rushed 1 up and down the fieldfa sudden stillness gripped all as the whistle blew and the il pigskin thudded against a Jasper toe and sailed courageously into enemy lines. 1 Back and forth they struggled, man after man being knocked senseless, till finally .' the long awaited break came. City intercepted a Manhattan pass and with no one X within twenty yards a fieet-footed Lavender man romped over the last marker for a j touchdown. Again they scored and again-in rapid successiong the Manhattan root- ers groaned and prayed, and groaned some more for they scored again and with the J half time whistle the City College eleven ran briskly off the field safely behind a - lead of 25 points leaving a bruised and seemingly outwitted team behind them. Our stands were quiet-and many of the Green team were crying like kids. But . Nippy Dunne ,26 was Captain of the outfit and Jim McCarthy was coach and again i they ran on to the field to battle that second half. George Smithis right arm was useless because of blood poisoning and was strapped to his side-he played the whole game too-that's what college men term ugutsf' The third quarter was scorc- less but the fourth-what a fight! Yard after yard the Green fought its way to the otheris goal and on a fourth down rushed the ball the necessary three yards to score. Neil Cohalan's accurate foot booted the extra point and the score was 25-7. 1 Again the ball was rushed down the field and on a forward pass that Smith caught Q r V' X Om' Hundred Si.1'Iy-nine 1 I fs X' ,ir r x -:X fi J' xJ R t A 'cj' -a

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ii A E . . A f f 0 t MAN HATTANIFEFN uv' f u J h e I 1 1 ,J N R lBASlElBAlLlL 11929 K 5 Assistant Managers ,f JOHN J. DEVERY, '30 CHARLES E. SMITH, '30 - JOSEPH D. BURKE, '31 GEORGE DAVIS, '32 'I I S SCHEDULE ,I Opp. M. s Villanova ................. .. 11 0 1 William and Mary ...., .. 12 1 'M Mount St. Mary ..... .. 5 7 C. C. N. Y. ..... .. .. .. Cathedral ..... .. 0 9 L, Columbia . . . . . 6 2 Lafayette ...... . . . . . 5 Catholic U. .. 0 3 Quantico Marines . . . . . . . . New York A. C.. .. . Bostorg U. ..... . R. I. tate ...... N Boston College . . Q St. Francis New York St. JOhn's College ..... ' Rutgers ............ K Alumni ........... K K I K, K' GEORGE N. FIoRENzA, '29 EDMUND B. JOHNSON, '30 JOHN M. DAVIS, '29 RICHARD E. DUGGAN, '30 . L DENNIS J. TYRELL, '29 DANIEL B. O'CONNOR, '30 GILBERT M. LANDY, '29 MICHAEL A. REILLY, '31 i K LEO F. CLEARY, '29 GEORGE J. SHAND, '31 1' JAMES E. NOONAN, '30 WALTER A. GUNTHER, '31 H VINCENT M. KEBER, '30 FREDERICK KECK, '31 ,' ARTHUR J. BURNS, '30 ROBERT MCBRIDE, '31 K CARL J. BRADY, '30 EDWARD A. BRENNAN, '31 JAMES J. BURNS, '30 JOHN CHAMBERS, '31 I I 2 I K One Hundred Seventy . K. .l' K Y M! A1.,7 S,, Ifw :fx .b 1 'J ,fx 'KX-T X 1 , 1 i Y